linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 2/2] ext4: make use of sb_getblk

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Message-ID: <20150702061427.GB3108@thunk.org>
Date:	Thu, 2 Jul 2015 02:14:27 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Nikolay Borisov <kernel@...p.com>
Cc:	adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ext4: make use of sb_getblk_gfp

On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 09:26:49AM +0300, Nikolay Borisov wrote:
> Switch ext4 to using sb_getblk_gfp with GFP_NOFS added, this fixes
> possible deadlocks in the page writeback path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nikolay Borisov <kernel@...p.com>

I've added this to the ext4.git tree, thanks.

						- Ted
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